MILITARY DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SEC. 505. MILITARY DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) Establishment of Training Program.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1599a. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills “(a) Training Program.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees in the Military Department Civilian Intelligence Personnel Management System that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program established by the Secretary of Defense under section 16 of the National Security 109 STAT. 974 Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency. “(b) Use of Funds for Training Program.—Any payment made by the Secretary to carry out the program required to be established by subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “Sec. 1599a. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills.”.